It's becoming fairly commonplace for places to network out with other shelters and rescues when dealing with adoptions. I actually had 3 kittens I fostered shipped from CA to WA for adoption. Shelters are just flooded where I am in Orange County. Even finding a rescue to help me out with these guys had taken me 3 weeks.
San Diego was probably working on the assumption that things had been on the up and up in AZ. There was no real reason to assume otherwise until they started questioning why rabbits were not updated in the microchip database after being 'adopted' in AZ.
If they do more digging and find some fault in SD, CA then I hope they are also held accountable.
As far as 'assigning blame': Anyone involved in this this knowing the animals were to be given off as reptile food should absolutely be held accountable. No ifs ands or buts. It's not rocket science there. Investigations should continue and policy should be scrutinized.
The sad reality of animal shelters is that we are leaving a majority of those animals there to die. Full stop.
Regardless of if it's a no kill shelter or high risk shelter. Many are operating at a capacity that they can barely handle because people just suck that much. I've worked with a few amazing people in animal rescue... it's a thankless job that weighs horribly on you. Physically, mentally and monetarily. If there's a glimmer of hope that someone can help you, many would jump at the opportunity. This county has absolutely terrible standards when it comes to animal welfare. There needs to be a rework of the system and more funding than there is... But we can't even do that for homeless people most of the time.
Honestly though Homebody... Your postings are also just not gelling with me and I don't want to think less of you because of this. Up until this post I've respected many of your posts here. Saying what you did about business starting and now conspiracy theory for shelters just puts a sour taste in my mouth...and that's what my surgery was supposed to prevent. Lol.
So this is going to be the last I'm commenting on this.
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